2 arrested on handgun, drug charges

RENSSELAER >> A man and a woman were arrested on handgun and drug charges during a routine traffic stop Tuesday.

A vehicle was stopped at Columbia Street and Aiken Avenue when Ronnie Robinson, 19, of Troy, attempted to flee from officers on foot. He was arrested a short distance away with assistance of the East Greenbush Police Department.

While fleeing, police say he discarded a .40 caliber loaded handgun.

Robinson was charged with second- and third- degree criminal possession of a weapon and resisting arrest.

The driver of the vehicle Stacey Moore, 43, of Castleton, was arrested for second-degree criminal impersonation, driving while ability impaired by drugs, third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle, and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Both faced several vehicle and traffic violations. A third man in the vehicle did not face any charges.

Both were arraigned in Rensselaer County Court and remanded to Rensselaer County Jail.